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Show Gotham Police Hold Anarchists in Check "Wild Joe" O'Connor. j Bluecoats, However, Make No Attempt to Stop the Violent Speeches. By International Nows Servlc. NEW YOEK, April 11. Anarchists, Socialists, vague oxponcnts of i-aguor forms, anti-Tammnny howlers and just plain out-o' works with griovanoos donouncod evorything they could think of in tho way of government from soap boxes in Union square today, whilo an audienco of 10,000 ohoorod, hissod and laughed. The oratorical stars woro Alexander Berkmnn, Emma Goldman's co-worker, and ''Wild Joo" Carroll. Thero were Bcores of loss notable but no less noisy spoakors. Protests against tho arrOBt of Frank Tannoubaum, the 1. W. S. leader, and denunciations of police brutality" were the principal themes. "Wild Joe" Carroll was tho hero of the occasion because ho had boon badly beaten by tho polico a week ago. Tho hordo oi 6econdurj- talent confined con-fined themselves to no particular subjects sub-jects touched on everything that could be touchod. Tho polico had reason to beliovo that thero woro those in tho crowd looking for a chance to make a different varioty of "touch" and kopt warr eyes. They would not intorlero with the speakers, though. Actine un-dor un-dor orders which the annrchists. themselves them-selves wore instrumental in having issued, is-sued, tho bluecoats firmly refused to interfere with the "right, of free snooch" and tho raucous voices of the lessor lights spoiled many of Berk-man's Berk-man's climaxes. . At one time a fow of tho enthusiasts tried to "start something'.' in the way of a riot, but tho prcsoncc of hundreds of rcscrvo policemen in the crowd prevented pre-vented their 'call to nrms" from hav-intr hav-intr much weight. . , ovening speakers of various sorts and parties talked to such crowds as they could enther. At S o'clock the record for tho day was five anarchists, four unemployed, seven I. W. two ocialistB, ono anti-Socinliat, ono free tolls lecturer, two suffragettes and ono woman who was taken away , nitoxi- by all means thut Union square over knpw. |